Two fish caught during the coronavirus pandemic have broken Michigan records.
The fish, caught in Mecosta County and Monroe County, respectively, have both been verified as state records by DNR personnel.
“During the first few months of the coronavirus emergency in Michigan, a lot of people turned to the outdoors for exercise, fresh air and a little peace of mind,” a DNR news release reads. “For two residents, that included time on the water that led to new state-record fish.”
Owen Seay of Big Rapids caught a record-breaking quillback carpsucker while baitcasting in the Muskegon River in Mecosta County on April 28. The catch weighing in at 9 pounds, 15 ounces measured 24.75 inches. It broke the previous state record, a 8.52-pound catch on Hardy Dam Pond in Newaygo County in 2015.
Scott Heintzelman, the DNR's Central Lake Michigan Management Unit manager out of Cadillac, verified that new record.
The second record came on May 25 when Garrett Rice of Athens caught a 33-pound bigmouth buffalo measuring more than 3 feet long while bowfishing on Lake Erie in Monroe County.
Jay Wesley, Lake Michigan Basin coordinator with the DNR Fisheries Division, verified Rice’s fish, which replaced the 32-pound record-holder caught last year on the Shiawassee River in Saginaw County.
Verification of state records usually happens quickly after a catch but was delayed due to COVID-19 public health and safety restrictions. These two records were recorded remotely on certified scales, then frozen, and later verified in person.
State-record fish are recognized by weight only. To qualify, a fish must exceed the current listed state-record weight, and identification must be verified by a DNR fisheries biologist.
See the current roster of record-setting fish at Michigan.gov/StateRecordFish.
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